I see people are advising OP to start a new account but isn't that ban evasion?
I know you can fool everybody including the mods and the admin if you use a different IP and stay out of trouble but I think nobody should promote this.
It wasn't a one sad mistake. He did it multiple times. Considering that theymos is doing exceptions lately maybe he would give you a 2year sig ban but don't get your hopes too high because these exceptions was made for the guys who didn't over-do stealing and actually contributed to the forum in a positive way.
That's exactly what I mean to say. I don't want to violate any forum rules henceforth and even I would never create a fresh account as it would be a ban evasion.
Also, we as human beings do a lot mistakes and in the past I was not even aware about most or the forum rules. But now, I do respect each and every forum rules & regulations and would also actively contribute to the betterment of the forum. I would spend most of my time in the betterment of the forum if ever I am given another chance.
If not, I just have to go through useful posts as a guest without posting any replies. I would continue using this account to browse posts.
Even a long term signature ban would be OK for me as long as I can contribute to the forum. I would also not launch any of the services here as I did in past(bounty management) so it would keep me way far from earning any kind of earnings from this forum
I have a strong desire to start posting back and considering something which would be beneficial for the forum as well as the members.